If that Professor in CO had blamed 9/11 on GLBT people...

[ck4829]

would he have gotten away with it?

Would the 'liberal' media be paying attention if that guy had blamed Feminists and Abortionists for the terrorist attacks of 9/11?

[skypilot]

1. He'd have been offered a position...

...at Bob Jones University and a book deal bankrolled by some conservative think tank.

[rinsd]

2. As I recall...

When Robertson & Falwell did that right after 9/11, they were eviscerated even by RWers.

[MountainLaurel]

3. Gotten away with it?

He have been in a Cabinet-level position in Washington.

[Stephanie]

4. You mean like Jerry Falwell?

On the broadcast of the Christian television program "The 700 Club," Falwell made the following statement:

"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/14/Falwell.apology/

[ck4829]

5. Yes

There definitely is a double standard here.

[imenja]

6. they did pay attention to the Falwell comment

and for many I imagine they see gays, feminists, abortions, and college professors as one in the same.